Elite Dangerous FAQ: Difference between revisions

'''''[[Elite Dangerous]]''''' is a massively multiplayer space epic and fourth simulation game in the legendary [[Elite series]]. It includes mass-multiplayer with a shared narrative and a 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy as an integral part, while still allowing online single player. It's the first in the series that will be [[Elite Dangerous FAQ#What are the expansions.3F|expanded]] with [[Elite Dangerous FAQ#Can I walk around the ship.2C planets and space stations.3F|walking around]] known as [[Space Legs|space legs]].

 

 

The subtitle "Dangerous" refers to the 3rd best [http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f72c0f91b2#Badge%20of%20Honour Elite Rating] you could achieve during combat in the [[:Category:Elite series|Elite games.]] In the new game it has been [http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6279 expanded] to include more than combat. The origin of the series is ''[[Elite|Elite,]]'' the genre defining [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srlJVE50mCI&list=SP9E1E1F7AA6193498&index=1 open world sandbox, space adventure, trading and combat simulator] first released in ''1984''. It spawned two sequels ''[[Frontier: Elite II]]'' in ''[https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_elite_ii 1993]'' and ''[[Frontier: First Encounters]]'' (Elite III) in ''[https://frontier.co.uk/games/older/frontier_first_encounters 1995]'', which already attempted to simulate a realistic Milky Way [[galaxy]] with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-NMyDaPAg realistic star systems] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9o_ldmlVs&t=72 seamless freeform interplanetary] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew#t=53 atmospheric flight] and landing on moving planets, with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_WewBEGew&t=265 realistic orbits and day/night cycles]. The developers have gone to great lengths to map and electronically recreate the Milky Way to scale to make the game as realistic as possible.